felt room is an immersive performance installation designed by BodyCartography Project to conjure imagination, speculation, and perception, engaging viewers in a practice of vibrant potentiality. In the darkness of felt room viewers are offered an escape from a world of constant illumination. Viewers are encouraged to stay for the entire duration but are welcome to arrive and depart at any time.

Earlier this week, a friend and fellow undergraduate at the university asked me over text message, “Why do they call the journal the Ivory Tower?” His question echoes ones that we, the staff of Ivory Tower, hear regularly from our student peers. “Don’t you think that comes off a bit exclusive?” “Is the name supposed to be ironic?” 2015 Ivory Tower cover Such concerns are not unfounded. I do not know why, at the magazine’s conception, this particular name…

Studio On Fire hosted an opening party last weekend, which a couple of us were able to attend. For those of you who are unfamiliar with their work, please check out their website – they have some of the most wonderful looking cards, posters, shirts, etc. in the Twin Cities. The soiree was packed with people of all ages, and they had activities to fit everyone’s interests. We spent what felt like hours at the Valentine’s Day card making station (when’s…

The Target Studio for Creative Collaboration’s current exhibition The Talking Cure features an interactive art piece by artist-in-residence Rebecca Krinke titled What Needs to be Said? The work was inspired by Japanese tokonoma. The tokonoma is a raised alcove space often found in traditional Japanese architecture and used to comment, question, or illuminate aspects of existence. Krinke’s tokonoma of sorts poses the question “What needs to be said?” asking viewers to respond on provided sheets of paper and to choose…